RAISINA TATTLE: Rifts in the BJP

BJP PM nominee Narendra Modi's new poll campaign master stroke - 'Chai Pe Charcha' - is turning out to be too hot to handle for some senior leaders in the Capital.

A senior BJP leader, who led the campaign in the Capital, was actually shocked days later after being put in the cold by senior BJP leader Vijay Goel.

The Delhi BJP chief, who was given the Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan to cut down inner rifts in the state party unit, has not gone the way as thought, according to senior leaders. He's holding meetings and tea sessions, which have gone down well with many state BJP leaders.

Some say that the party's top leadership must clear the chain of command if it has to win Delhi in the Lok Sabha polls and Assembly reelection.

The rift between Goel and Harsh Vardhan camps are also worrying the top party leadership.

War over Kejri exit

Shakeel Ahmad said Kejriwal was better than the BJP's Narendra Modi

The Congress seems to have split over former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's resignation.

While Congress in-charge of Delhi party unit Shakeel Ahmad said Kejriwal was better than the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party colleague Satyavrat Chaturvedi termed his remark absurd.

Ahmad tweeted that Kejriwal has proved self more ethical by resigning to fulfil his national ambitions, unlike the Gujarat chief minister who was glued to his chair.

Chaturvedi said such remarks affect the Congress's image.

"Both (Kejriwal and Modi) can't be termed as better. One of them is novice while the other is communal. Therefore, I am of the opinion that there is no point in making such statements as such things damage the party's image," he said.

Angry speaker

Speaker Meira Kumar said the pepper spray incident had shamed India

The two Lok Sabha MPs who shamed Parliament by spraying pepper and breaking a mic could be jailed as Speaker Meira Kumar has referred the matter to the Committee of Privileges.

The move comes a day ahead of an emergency meeting of the Committee on Security, which will review security in Parliament complex with a strong focus on frisking the MPs.